CDC Releases Health Statistics for 2011

Need information for a brochure, slide show, or lecture? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) annual report on trends in health statistics now is available. Health, United States 2011 contains a chartbook that assesses the nation's health by presenting trends and current information on selected measures of morbidity, mortality, health care utilization, health risk factors, prevention, health insurance, and personal health care expenditures. This year's chartbook includes a special feature on socioeconomic status and health. The report also contains 151 trend tables organized around 4 major subject areas—health status and determinants, health care utilization, health care resources, and health care expenditures. A companion product to the report, Health, United States: In Brief, features information extracted from the full report.